Miguel Amaya #18

A native of Panama, Miguel is in his 10th year in the Cubs organization after he was signed as a non-drafted free agent on July 17, 2015...Has batted .227 (104-for-459) with 17 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 65 RBI in 170 career Major League games...Has hit .146 (368-for-1,496) with 91 doubles, four triples, 39 home runs and 211 RBI in 422 career Minor League games...Has drawn 197 walks to contribute to a .348 OBP...Has thrown out 161 of 444 baserunners attempting to steal (36.3%)…Added to the Cubs' 40-man roster Nov. 20, 2019...Entered the 2021 season ranked as the organization's third best prospect by MLB.com...Was named to the Panama World Baseball Classic Qualifier roster in 2020...The tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Ranked as the fourth-best prospect by Baseball America in the Cubs system entering 2020...Was ranked second entering 2019...Was selected to the MLB Futures Game in both 2018 and 2019...Was a Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star in 2018 and a 2019 Rising Star in the Arizona Fall League...His father, Maximiliano, is the mayor of his hometown, La Villa de los Santos, in Panama.

2024

Miguel's .232 (76-for-328) in 2024 set a single-season career-high with 13 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 47 RBI and 32 runs scored in 116 games with the Cubs...Started in a career-high 103 games at catcher, the sixth-highest games started among qualified N.L. catchers...Cubs starting pitchers were 30-32 with a 3.59 ERA (222 ER/556.0 IP) with him behind the plate...His .333 average (12-for-36) during the month of July was the third-highest batting average among N.L. catchers (min. 10 GS) and fifth among all catchers in the Majors in that span...Recorded a career-high seven-game hitting streak July 12-24, batting .643 (9-for-14) with one home run and two RBI during the stretch...Led MLB catchers (min. 100 PA) from July 7-Aug. 26 with a .341 average (19-for-91) and a .970 OPS...His .341 average ranked seventh among Major League hitters...Notched a career-high four hits in a game Aug. 6...From Aug. 20 to the end of the season, he recorded 23 RBI in 27 games with an at-bat, the most among MLB catchers...Launched his first career grand slam and recorded a career-high five RBI Aug. 22 vs. Detroit.

2023

Miguel made his Major League debut in 2023 and hit .214 (28-for-131) with four doubles, five home runs, 18 RBI and 17 runs scored in 53 games with the Cubs...He amassed 12 walks and 11 hit-by-pitches to contribute to a .329 on-base percentage...In 28 Minor League games between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa, he hit .293 (27-for-92) with 10 doubles, five home runs, 18 RBI, a .431 OBP and a .996 OPS...Made his Major League debut May 4 at Washington, getting the start at catcher after being recalled on May 2 from Double-A Tennessee...The club finished the season 17-17 in games he started behind the plate...Notched his first career RBI in his Major League debut on a sacrifice fly...His first career hit (single) came May 6 against Miami (A.J. Puk)...Was optioned to Triple-A May 10 and recalled June 3...Spent the rest of the season on the Major League roster...Blasted his first career home run June 4 at San Diego off Drew Carlton...Recorded a career-high four-game hitting streak June 21-29...Aug. 1 hit his first career pinch-hit home run...Along with Patrick Wisdom became the first pair of Cubs pinch-hitters to homer in a game since Sept. 21, 2019. 

2022

Miguel started the 2022 season on the injured list while recovering from Tommy John surgery before being activated by Double-A Tennessee on July 18 ... was on the I.L. from Aug. 21-30 with left third digit dislocation and Sept.12-end of the season with left ankle sprain... In 28 games with Tennessee, he hit .278 (27-for-97) with six doubles, one triple, four homers, 19 RBI, a .379 OBP and a .485 slugging percentage.. Played 12 games with Rookie League Mesa during an injury rehab assignment from July 1-16 ... went 8-for-37 with two home runs, seven walks and a .341 OBP. 

2021

Limited to 23 games with Double-A Tennessee in 2021, as he landed on the seven-day injured list, June 5, with a right forearm strain... Underwent Tommy John surgery at the start of December... Produced a .406 OBP with the Smokies despite a .215 average (17-for-79) ... drew 21 walks in 106 plate appearances.

2020

Miguel spent the season at the Cubs South Bend alternate site.

2019

Played the entire season at Single-A Myrtle Beach as a 20-year-old...batted .235 (80-for-341) with 24 doubles, 11 homers and 57 RBI in 99 games...posted a .351 on-base percentage and a .402 slugging percentage, good for a .753 OPS...Threw out 34.8 percent of runners attempting to steal (46-of-132)...Batted .251 (44-for-175) with a .440 slugging mark after the All-Star Break, compared to a .217 mark (36-for-166) with a .361 slugging mark prior to the All-Star Break. 

2018

Appeared in a career-high 116 games with Single-A South Bend, his first pro campaign with a full season club...batted .256 (106-for-414) with 21 doubles, two triples, 12 homers, 52 RBI and 50 walks...was named a Midwest League mid-season All-Star...Batted .308 (28-for-91) against lefties compared to .241 (78-for-323) against righties...Posted four-straight multi-hit games, July 7-11, going 9-for-17 with two doubles and two home runs. 2017.

2017

In his first season in the United States, he batted .228 (52-for-228) with 14 doubles and three homers in 58 games with Single-A Eugene.

2016

Made his pro debut with the Dominican Summer League Cubs, batting .245 (51-for-208) with 12 doubles, one homer and 22 RBI in 58 contests.